Randy Pausch Has Months to Live, but Inspires Others With Lecture on Living Life to the Fullest
Randy Pausch Has Months to Live, but Inspires Others With Lecture on Living Life to the Fullest
Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months.
This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams," on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned.
The Wall Street Journal called it "the lecture of a lifetime" and those who have seen it have more than agreed.
Shrimp Ceviche Recipe
With the warm days of summer upon us, a great way to cool off is with ceviche. Ceviche is typically made with red snapper that is "cooked" by the acidity of lime and lemon juice (see this ceviche recipe.) This version is prepared with shrimp, which is first lightly cooked, and then marinated in the citrus juice. My father, who generally doesn't really like shrimp that much, loved this ceviche. (Gotta love it when they eat it up and ask for more.)
1 pound medium-small shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 Tbsp salt
3/4 cup lime juice (juice from 4-6 limes)
3/4 cup lemon juice (juice from 2-3 lemons)
1 cup finely chopped red onion
1 serrano chile, ribs and seeds removed, minced
1 cup chopped cilantro
1 cucumber, peeled diced into 1/2-inch pieces
1 avocado, peeled, seed removed, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
1 In a large pot, bring to a boil 4 quarts of water, salted with 2 Tbsp salt. Add the shrimp and cook for 1 minute to 2 minutes max, depending on size of shrimp. (Over-cooking the shrimp will turn it rubbery.) Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon and place into a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking.
2 Drain the shrimp. Cut each piece of shrimp in half, or into inch-long pieces. Place shrimp in a glass or ceramic bowl. Mix in the lime and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate for a half hour.
3 Mix in the chopped red onion and serrano chile. Refrigerate an additional half hour.
4 Right before serving, add the cilantro, cucumber, and avocado.
Serves 4-6.
Posted by Elise on Jun 1, 2006
This recipe is from the Simply Recipes site. Here is the link to the recipe on the site http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001923shrimp_ceviche.php
Lost in translation … Mr Howard and Mr Putin listen to interpreters at their news conference yesterday.
Photo: Peter Morris
September 8, 2007
THE Prime Minister's hopes of using a historic first visit from a Russian leader to boost his political fortunes has ended in embarrassment with his leadership under question and his APEC agenda derailed.
The embattled John Howard was forced to field questions about his leadership in front of a bemused Vladimir Putin and late yesterday brought forward APEC's climate change declaration to divert attention from his own government's political problems.
Mr Howard was forced to take a confused Mr Putin aside afterwards to explain after the pair had just announced a deal in which Australia would export to Russia uranium worth $1 billion a year.
Mr Howard had made climate change the signature theme of APEC, and the Herald understands that under today's Sydney Declaration, the nations will commit in 2012 - after the Kyoto agreement expires - to setting an aspirational global target to reduce greenhouse gases.
For the rest of the article go here http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/09/07/1188783496589.html
another article Leadership, weather to rain on APEC at http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71994
and for more APEC updates go here http://www.smh.com.au/specials/apec/index.html
Australians have an unrealistic perception of "normal" sleep which is fuelling bedtime anxiety and can trigger insomnia, a study has found.
A survey of 250 healthy adults presented to an international sleep conference has revealed that 70 per cent believe it is standard to fall immediately into uninterrupted deep sleep and to stay that way all night.
In reality, sleep is a rollercoaster of 90-minute cycles of deep sleep, light sleep and brief awakenings throughout the night.
The fact that very few people understand this could be causing sleep time anxiety for those who wake in the night, and may be to blame for some people's insomnia, said study leader Professor Leon Lack, from Flinders University in Adelaide.
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Another 15 per cent believed there would a couple of peaks and troughs, but no one correctly mapped the real pattern comprising about five dips and rises in one night.
"A large majority of the public believes that healthy young adult sleep is an unbroken deep sleep," Prof Lack said.
He told delegates at worldsleep07 in Cairns that this concept was in sharp contrast to the real pattern, meaning that those who don't fit this ideal may believe it is wrong to wake, triggering anxiety and even long term sleep difficulties when they do.
"Therefore public education about the normality of light sleep phases and awakenings may be protective against the development of insomnia," he said.
"It can also be part of the education and cognitive therapy component for insomnia treatment."
Between five and 10 per cent of Australians suffer from insomnia, with women and people aged over 65 most commonly affected.
International insomnia expert Professor Colin Espie, director of the Glasgow Sleep Centre, said it was particularly important that older people understand the true gold standard of sleep, and that this naturally becomes more fragmented with age.
"If they understand what's happening to them and know it's a reality just like losing your hair with age, then they know not to stress about it and take it more in their stride," Prof Espie said.
"That has got to help stop it turning into a major problem like insomnia."
©AAP 2007
More than half of all Australians believe George W Bush is the worst president in American history, a new poll shows.
The Galaxy poll, commissioned by the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW), found 52 per cent of Australians believed Mr Bush was the United States' worst-ever president.
Just 32 per cent said he was not, while the remainder were undecided.
MAPW spokesman Robert Marr said it was timely for gauging the Australian public's view of the US president, who will arrive in Sydney for the APEC summit.
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"And whether they agree with former president Jimmy Carter that George (W) Bush was actually the worst president of US history.
"The result was there is a clear majority of Australians who believe George (W) Bush is the worst ... and that is based primarily on his Iraq war policy."
Dr Marr also said similar polls in the United States showed it was not anti-American to be anti-Bush.
"George Bush is not representing American views these days, as over 60 per cent of Americans disagree with his policy in the Iraq war," he said.
"We don't have to go along with every hare-brained military action that he suggests, and unfortunately (Prime Minister John) Howard didn't have the courage to stand up against George Bush and not get involved in the Iraq war."
©AAP 2007
Bush’s latest choice of scapegoat — Hillary Clinton — boggles the mind
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July 19: Keith Olbermann says the choice to scapegoat Sen. Clinton is unfathomable — go fight your war yourself, Mr. President.
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Longing For You |
| by Peggy Smith |
| Deep inside my soul is aching Longing for your touch Inside my chest my heart is breaking I'm missing you so much You just don't know how much I love you How much I really care My feelings are strong and oh so true This kind of love is rare A life without you is not complete I'm so empty inside I long for the day we will be together And no longer have to hide. |
The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.
Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own.
It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two redheads obviously create a much stronger possibility.
If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to Scotland.
An estimated 40 per cent of Scots carry the red gene and 13 per cent actually have red hair.
Some experts say that redheads could be gone as early as 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant for generations before returning.
National Geographic says the gene at first had the beneficial effect of increasing the body's ability to make vitamin D from sunlight.
However, today's carriers are more prone to skin cancer and have a higher sensitivity to heat and cold-related pain.
The Daily Mail, in The Courier-Mail
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aw61 said:
I agree Snowy his commentaries are amazing, and so well written. read more
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Thanks for that. Truly inspiring. read more
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